Many such services enable you to make a scale drawing of your floor space, and then add scale thumbnails of your choice of furniture. Others give you the floor diagram, into which you can sketch the furniture according to its provided dimensions. Whichever system you use, you will be able to see exactly how your sectional can be arranged to also accommodate your choice of sofa and armchairs.

Before buying living room furniture, room space planning often pays by helping you to avoid clutter. If there was one thing the Victorians were good at, it was clutter. They seemed to fill every inch of available space with furniture and accessories and forget that people needed space to walk in! Modern homes tend to be bright and airy, and while you don’t have to be exactly minimalist in your choice of living room furniture, you will not want to lose that sense of space by over-furnishing. It is very easy to do this, particularly when you consider the wide range of living room furniture available today. Let’s have a brief look at the range of furniture you can use in your lounge.